The animation shows approximately what the eclipse looks like from the night side of earth.

During this penumbral lunar eclipse, the Earth's main shadow does not cover the Moon. As the Earth's shadow (umbra) misses the Moon during a penumbral lunar eclipse, there are no other locations on Earth where the Moon appears partially or totally eclipsed during this event.

A penumbral lunar eclipse can be a bit hard to see, as the shadowed part is only a little bit fainter than the rest of the Moon.

Local times for eclipse in San Diego on Friday, October 18, 2013

Click on the Sun/Moon symbol in the “Looks like” column to see what the eclipse looks like during the different phases of the event.

Event

Time in San Diego

Direction

Altitude

Looks like

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Penumbral Eclipse begins

Oct 18 at 2:53 PM

45°

35.1° below

Not directly visible

Below horizon

Maximum Eclipse

Oct 18 at 4:50 PM

67°

15.2° below

Not directly visible

Below horizon

Moonrise

Oct 18 at 6:06 PM

77°

0.0°

Not directly visible

Below horizon

Maximal Eclipse visible in San Diego

Oct 18 at 6:08 PM

77°

0.4°

The maximum part of the eclipse occurs when the Moon is close under the horizon. The best time to view the eclipse in San Diego would be around this time. Since the Moon is near the horizon at this time, we recommend going to a high point or finding an unobstructed area with free sight to East-northeast for the best view of the eclipse.

Penumbral Eclipse ends

Oct 18 at 6:48 PM

82°

8.0°

The Earth's penumbra ends.Moon close to horizon, so make sure you have free sight to East.

This eclipse is in progress during moonrise or moonset, so only parts of the eclipse are visible in San Diego.

The animation's bottom edge represents an ideal, flat horizon, which is at the same altitude as the observer.